As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2020August 14, 2023

Registration No. 333-248865333-273546

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 33-0936180
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)

 

70 Doppler

Irvine, California 92618

(949) 261 2900261-2900

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Robert A. Berman

Chief Executive Officer

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation

70 Doppler

Irvine, California 92618

(949) 261-2900

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Please send a copy of all communications to:

Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

David Selengut, Esq.

Matthew Bernstein, Esq.

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 1010510105-0302

(212) 370-1300

 

Approximate date of commencement proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

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If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

 

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒Smaller reporting company ☒
 Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class
of Securities
to be Registered
 


Amount to be

Registered (1)

  Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
per Security
  Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
  Amount of
Registration Fee
 
Shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants (2)  1,430,000  $0.79  $1,129,700.00  $123.25 
Shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (3)  6,078,125  $0.475  $2,887,109.38  $314.98 
Shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock (4)  6,078,125  $0.32  $1,945,000.00  $212.20 
Shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock (5)  3,495,000  $0.37  $1,293,150.00  $141.08 
Total  17,081,250   N/A  $7,254,959.38  $791.52 

1)Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the shares of common stock offered hereby also include such presently indeterminate number of shares of the registrant’s common stock as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
2)Represents (i) 1,300,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued by the registrant on February 25, 2020 in a private placement and (ii) 130,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued by the registrant to the placement agent as consideration for such offering. Proposed maximum offering price per share is based on the exercise price of the warrants in accordance with Rule 457(g).
3)Represents 6,078,125 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 4,205,406 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock issued by the registrant on July 21, 2020 in a private placement. Proposed maximum offering price per share has been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low sales price of the common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on September 15, 2020.
4)Represents 6,078,125 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued by the registrant on July 21, 2020 in a private placement. Proposed maximum offering price per share is based on the exercise price of the warrants in accordance with Rule 457(g).
5)Represents 3,495,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued by the registrant on July 21, 2020 in consideration for entering into a voting and lock-up agreement. Proposed maximum offering price per share is based on the exercise price of the warrants in accordance with Rule 457(g).

6)

Registration fee was previously paid.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statementregistration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment whichthat specifically states that this Registration Statementregistration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, of 1933 or until this Registration Statementthe registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholdersWe may not sell the securities until the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, of which this prospectus is a part, is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 5, 2020AUGUST 14, 2023

 

Prospectus

 

ENVVENO MEDICAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

17,081,250 Shares of Common Stock$75,000,000

 

This prospectus relates to the resale by selling stockholders of up to 17,081,250 shares of common stock of Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “Hancock”). The shares offered for resale by this prospectus consist of (i) 1,300,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants (the “February Investor Warrants”) issued by the Company on February 25, 2020 in a private placement offering of shares and warrants (the “February Private Placement”), (ii) 130,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants (the “February PA Warrants” and together with the February Investor Warrants, the “February Warrants”) issued by the Company to the placement agent as consideration in the February Private Placement, (iii) 6,078,125 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 4,205,406 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) issued by the Company on July 21, 2020 in a private placement offering of shares of Series C Preferred Stock and warrants (the “July Private Placement”), (iv) 6,078,125 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants (the “July Warrants”) issued by the Company in the July Private Placement and (v) 3,495,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants (the “Waiver Warrants”) issued by the Company on July 21, 2020 in connection with the waiver by certain stockholders of the Company of certain rights pursuant to a voting and lock-up agreement.COMMON STOCK

PREFERRED STOCK

PURCHASE CONTRACTS

WARRANTS

SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS

DEPOSITARY SHARES

DEBT SECURITIES

UNITS

 

We will not receivemay offer and sell from time to time, in one or more series, any proceeds from the resale of anyone of the sharesfollowing securities of common stock being registered hereby soldour company, for total gross proceeds of up to $75,000,000:

common stock;
preferred stock;
purchase contracts;
warrants to purchase our securities;
subscription rights to purchase any of the foregoing securities;
depositary shares;
secured or unsecured debt securities consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness which may be senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities or subordinated debt securities, each of which may be convertible into equity securities; or
units comprised of, or other combinations of, the foregoing securities.

We may offer and sell these securities separately or together, in one or more series or classes and in amounts, at prices and on terms described in one or more offerings. We may offer securities through underwriting syndicates managed or co-managed by one or more underwriters or dealers, through agents or directly to purchasers. The prospectus supplement for each offering of securities will describe in detail the selling stockholders. However,plan of distribution for that offering. For general information about the distribution of securities offered, please see “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus.

Each time our securities are offered, we will provide a prospectus supplement containing more specific information about the particular offering and attach it to this prospectus. The prospectus supplements may receive proceeds from the exercisealso add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.

This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell securities without a prospectus supplement which includes a description of the February Warrants, July Warrantsmethod and Waiver Warrants held by the selling stockholders exercised other than pursuant to any applicable cashless exercise provisionsterms of such warrants.this offering.

 

Our common stock is listed on Thethe NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “HJLI.“NVNO.On September 15, 2020,The last reported sale price of our common stock closed at $0.43on the NASDAQ Capital Market on July 25, 2023 was $5.26 per share. The aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates was $49,702,000 based on 9,471,932 shares of outstanding common stock, of which 9,449,134 shares are held by non-affiliates, and a per share price of $5.26 which was the closing sale price of our common stock as quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market on July 25, 2023. During the 12 calendar month period that ends on, and includes, the date of this prospectus, we have not offered and sold any of our securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.

 

The selling stockholders may offer allIf we decide to seek a listing of any preferred stock, purchase contracts, warrants, subscriptions rights, depositary shares, debt securities or part of the shares for resale from time to time through public or private transactions, at either prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. Our registration of the shares of common stock coveredunits offered by this prospectus, does not mean that the selling stockholdersrelated prospectus supplement will offerdisclose the exchange or sellmarket on which the securities will be listed, if any, of the shares. With regard only to the shares the selling stockholders sellor where we have made an application for their own behalf, the selling stockholders may be deemed an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company has paid all of the registration expenses incurred in connection with the registration of the shares. We will not pay any of the selling commissions, brokerage fees and related expenses.listing, if any.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and, as such, have elected to take advantage of certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and future filings.

Investing in our securities involves certain risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8, including7and the risk factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 18, 2020, which is incorporated by reference herein, as well as in any other recently filed quarterly or current reports.reports and, if any, in the relevant prospectus supplement. We urge you to carefully read this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement, together with the documents we incorporate by reference, describing the terms of these securities before investing.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this Prospectus is ___________, 20202023.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 Page
About This Prospectus1
Cautionary NoteStatement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements12
Prospectus Summary2
The Offering73
Risk Factors87
Use of Proceeds10
Determination of Offering Price11
Selling Stockholders128
Plan of Distribution149
Description of Securities to be RegisteredWe May Offer1611
Indemnification ForForms of Securities Act Liabilities1924
Experts20
Legal Matters2025
Experts25
Where You Can Find Additional Information2025
Incorporation of Documents byBy Reference2025

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may offer and sell, either individually or in combination, in one or more offerings, any of the securities described in this prospectus, for total gross proceeds of up to $75,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement to this prospectus that will contain more specific information about the terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

We urge you to read carefully this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectuses we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading “Incorporation of Documents by Reference,” before investing in any of the securities being offered. You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus. Neitherprospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, along with the information contained in any free writing prospectuses we nor the selling stockholders have authorized any other personfor use in connection with a specific offering. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from or in addition to that contained in this prospectus. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. The selling stockholders are not makingadditional information. This prospectus is an offer to sell theseonly the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in any jurisdictionjurisdictions where an offer or saleit is not permitted. You should assume that thelawful to do so.

The information appearing in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front coverof the document and any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, resultsprospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any sale of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.a security.

 

We further note thatThis prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the representations, warranties and covenantsdocuments described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by us in any document that isthe actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as an exhibitexhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and in any document that is incorporated by reference herein were made solely foryou may obtain copies of those documents as described below under the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

 

This prospectus includes estimates, statistics and other industry data that we obtained from industry publications, research, surveys and studies conductedcontains, or incorporates by third parties and publicly available information. Such data involves a number of assumptions and limitations and contains projections and estimates of the future performance of the industries in which we operate that are subject to a high degree of uncertainty. This prospectus also includes data based on our own internal estimates. We caution you not to give undue weight to such projections, assumptions and estimates.

We use our registeredreference, trademarks, and trade names, such as VenoValve® and CoreoGraft™, in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes trademarks, trade namestradenames, service marks and service marks that are the propertynames of other organizations, such as ProCol Vascular Bioprosthesis®. Solely for convenience, trademarksenVVeno Medical Corporation and trade names referred to in this prospectus appear without the ® and ™ symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights, or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

Unless the contest otherwise requires, the terms “Hancock,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms used in this prospectus refer to Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.subsidiaries.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain or may contain forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance, business strategy, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance or condition and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we do not make forward looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

Failure to obtain approval from the FDA to commercially sell our product candidates in a timely manner or at all;
Whether surgeons and patients in our target markets accept our product candidates, if approved;
The expected growth of our business and our operations, and the capital resources needed to progress our business plan;
Failure to scale up of the manufacturing process of our product candidates in a timely manner, or at all;
Failure to manufacture our product candidates at a competitive price;
Our ability to retain and recruit key personnel, including the development of a sales and marketing infrastructure;
Reliance on third party suppliers for certain components of our product candidates;
Reliance on third parties to commercialize and distribute our product candidates in the United States and internationally;
Changes in external competitive market factors;
Uncertainties in generating sustained revenue or achieving profitability;
Unanticipated working capital or other cash requirements;
Changes in FDA regulations, including testing procedures, of medical devices and related promotional and marketing activities;
Our estimates of our expenses, ongoing losses, future revenue, capital requirements and our needs for, or ability to obtain, additional financing;
Our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates;
Our ability to consummate future acquisitions or strategic transactions, including the transaction with Catheter Precision;
Our ability to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market or otherwise maintain the listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market; and
Changes in our business strategy or an inability to execute our strategy due to unanticipated changes in the medical device industry.

These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks outlined under “Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, which may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in a highly regulated, very competitive, and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

 

We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short term and long term business operations, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward lookingforward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this prospectus, and in particular, the risks discussed below and under the heading “Risk Factors” and those discussed in other documents we file with the SEC. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 20192022 and 20182021 and notes incorporated by reference herein. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this prospectus may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statement.

 

You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement, each of which applies only as of the date of this prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus to conform our statements to actual results or changed expectations.

Any forward-looking statement you read in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference reflects our current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, operating results, growth strategy and liquidity. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because such statements speak only as to the date when made. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future, except as otherwise required by applicable law. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Forms 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K filed with the SEC. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. To understand this offering fully,This summary does not contain all the information that you should consider before investing in our Company. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, carefully, including all documents incorporated by reference herein. In particular, attention should be directed to our “Risk Factors,” “Information With Respect to the “Risk Factors” section,Company,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements and related notes thereto contained herein or otherwise incorporated by reference hereto, before making an investment decision.

As used herein, and any amendment or supplement hereto, unless otherwise indicated, “we,” “us,” “our,” the notes to the financial statements.“Company,” or “enVVeno” means enVVeno Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries. Unless the context requires otherwise indicated, all references in this prospectus to “HJLI,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company,”“dollars” or similar terminology“$” refer to Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.US dollars.

Overview

 

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation is a late clinical-stage medical device company developing tissue basedfocused on the advancement of innovative bioprosthetic (tissue-based) solutions to improve the standard of care for the treatment of venous disease. Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) is the world’s most prevalent chronic disease, impacting approximately 71% of the adult population of the U.S. Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI), is a large subset of CVD, which most often occurs when valves inside of the veins of the leg become damaged, resulting in the backwards flow of blood (reflux), blood pooling in the lower leg, increased pressure in the veins of the leg (venous hypertension) and in severe cases, venous ulcers that are designeddifficult to be life sustaining or life enhancingheal. The Company is developing surgical and non-surgical replacement venous valves for patients with cardiovascular disease, and peripheral arterial and venous disease. The Company’s products are being developed to address large unmet medical needs by either offering treatments where none currently exist or by substantially increasing the current standardssuffering from severe CVI of care. Our two lead products are: the VenoValve®, a porcine based device to be surgically implanted in the deep venous system of the leg.

The Company’s lead product is the VenoValve®, which is a first-in-class surgical replacement venous valve that is currently being evaluated in a U.S. pivotal study. The Company is also developing a second product called enVVe®, which is a first-in-class, non-surgical, transcatheter based replacement venous valve. The Company is currently waiting for regulatory approval to begin a first-in-human study for enVVe. Both the VenoValve and enVVe are designed to act as one-way valves, to help assist in propelling blood up the veins of the leg, to treat a debilitating condition called chronic venous insufficiency (“CVI”); and the CoreoGraft®, a bovine based conduitback to be used to revascularize the heart during coronary artery bypass graft (“CABG”) surgeries. Both of our current productsand lungs.

The VenoValve and enVVe are being developed first for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”)(FDA). We expect the VenoValve to be eligible for FDA approval first, followed two to three years later by enVVe. If approved, we expect the VenoValve and enVVe to co-exist, with the VenoValve as a surgical replacement venous valve option and enVVe as a non-surgical replacement venous valve option, although we cannot provide any assurance that either the VenoValve or enVVe will receive approval from the FDA (see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K). There are currently receive tissueno devices approved as surgical or non-surgical replacement venous valves, and there are currently no effective treatments for our products from one domestic supplierdeep venous CVI caused by incompetent valves.

Our team of officers and one international supplier. Our current business model is to license, sell, or enter into strategic alliances with large medical device companies with respect to our products, either prior to or after FDA approval. Our current senior management teamdirectors has been affiliated with more than 50 productsnumerous medical devices that have received FDA approval or CE marking.marking and that have been commercially successful. We currently leasedevelop and manufacture our products in a 14,507 sq. ft. leased manufacturing facility in Irvine, California, where we manufacture products for our clinical trials and which has previously been FDAISO 13485-2016 certified for commercialthe design, development and manufacturing of product.tissue based implantable medical devices.

 

Each of our products will be required to successfully complete significant clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the product before it will be able to be approved by the FDA.

VenoValve

CVI Background

 

Chronic venous disease (“CVD”) is the world’s most prevalent chronic disease. CVD is generally classified using a standardized system known as CEAP (clinical, etiological, anatomical, and pathophysiological). The CEAP system consists of seven clinical classifications (C0 to C6) with C4, C5 toand C6 being the most severe casescategories of CVD.

 

Chronic Venous Insufficiency (“CVI”) is a large subset of CVD and is generally used to describe patients with C4 to C6 CVD. CVI is a debilitating condition that affects the venous system of the leg causing pain, swelling, edema, skin changes, and ulcerations.

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The human leg contains three vein systems: the deep vein system, the superficial vein system, and the perforator vein system which connects the deep system to the superficial system. The deep venous system is located below the muscle and facia in the center portion of the leg and is responsible for approximately 90% of the blood flow. In order for blood to return to the heart from the foot, ankle, and lower leg, the calf muscle serves as a pump and pushes the blood up the veins of the leg against gravity and through a series of one-way valves. Each valve is supposed to open as blood passes through, and then close as blood movesprogresses up the veins of the leg to the next valve. CVI occurs when the one-way valves in the veins of the leg fail and become incompetent. When the valves fail, gravity causes the blood flowsto flow backwards and in the wrong direction (reflux). As blood pools in the lower leg, pressure inside the veins increases (venous hypertension). Reflux, and the resulting venous hypertension, causecauses the leg to swell, resulting in debilitating pain, and in the most severe cases, venous ulcers. The VenoValve is being developed to treat CVI in the deep venous system with a focus on severe patients with C5 to C6 CVI.

 

Estimates indicate that approximately 2.4 million people in the U.S. have C5 to C6 CVI in the deep venous system, including patients that develop venous leg ulcers (C6 patients). Over one million new severe cases of CVI occur each year in the U.S., mostly from patients who have experienced a deep vein thrombosis (blood clot). The average patient seeking treatment of a venous ulcer spends as much as $30,000 a year on wound care, and the total direct medical costs from venous ulcer sufferers in the U.S. has been estimated to exceed $38 billion a year. Aside from the direct medical costs, severeSevere CVI sufferers experience a significantly reduced quality of life. Daily activities such as preparing meals, housework, and personal hygiene (washing and bathing) become difficult due to reduced mobility. For many severe CVI sufferers, intense pain, which frequently occurs at night, prevents patients from getting adequate sleep. Severe CVI sufferers are known to miss approximately 40% more work daysworkdays than the average worker. A high percentage of venous ulcer patients also experience severe itching, leg swelling, and an odorous discharge. Wound dressing changes, which occur several times a week, can be extremely painful. Venous ulcers from deep venous CVI are very difficult to heal, and a significant percentage of venous ulcers remain unhealed for more than a year. Even if healed, recurrence rates for venous ulcers are known to be high (20% to 40%) within the first year and as high as 60% after five years. Patients with severe CVI often become housebound and experience social isolation due to difficulty with ambulation. As a result, studies have shown that patients with active venous ulcers experience higher rates of anxiety and depression, with reported rates of anxiety of up to 30% and depression up to 40%. Rates of depression caused by venous ulcers among the elderly are even higher, with 48% of elderly venous ulcer patients having severe depressive symptoms.

Prevalence is generally defined as the portion of the population that has a given condition. Estimates indicate that the prevalence of people in the U.S. with severe, deep venous CVI (C4 to C6 disease) with reflux to be approximately 20 million. Incidence is generally defined as the number of new cases of an ailment that develop in a given time period. We estimate that approximately 3.5 million new patients with severe deep venous CVI are diagnosed each year in the U.S. including patients that develop venous leg ulcers (C6 patients). The average patient seeking treatment of a venous ulcer spends as much as $30,000 a year on wound care, and the total direct medical costs from venous ulcer sufferers in the U.S. has been estimated to exceed $3 billion a year.

The OpportunityVenoValve

 

The VenoValve® is a porcine based replacement venous valve developed at HJLIenVVeno Medical to be surgically implanted in the deep venous system of the leg to treat severe CVI. By reducing reflux and lowering pressure (venous hypertension) within the deep venous hypertension,system of the leg, the VenoValve has the potential to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of severe deep venous severe CVI, including the potential to heal recurring venous leg ulcers. The current version of the VenoValve is designed to be surgically implanted into the femoral vein of the patient in an open surgical procedure via a 5 to 6 inch5-to-6-inch incision in the upper thigh.

There are presently no FDA approved medical devices As our planned initial entrant to address valvular incompetence, or effective treatments forthe replacement venous valve market, we estimate that approximately 2.5 million people with severe deep venous CVI. Current treatment options include compression garments, or constant leg elevation. These treatments are generally ineffective, as they attempt to alleviate the symptoms of CVI without addressing the underlying causes of the disease. In addition, we believe that compliance with compression garments and leg elevation is extremely low, especially among the elderly. Valve transplants from other parts of the body have been attempted, but with very-poor results. Many attempts to create substitute valves have also failed, usually resulting in early thromboses. The premise behind the VenoValve is that by reducing the underlying causes of CVI, reflux and venous hypertension, the debilitating symptoms of CVI will decrease, resulting in improvement in the quality of the lives of CVI sufferers.

There are approximately 2.4 million people in the U.S. that suffer from deep venous CVI due to valvular incompetence.would be candidates for the VenoValve.

 

VenoValve Clinical Status

 

After consultation with the FDA, and as a precursor to the U.S. pivotal trial, in 2020 we are conductingconducted a small first-in-manfirst-in-human study for the VenoValve in Colombia. The first phase of the first-in-man Colombian trialColombia which included 11eleven (11) patients. In addition to providing safety and efficacy data, the purpose of the first-in-manfirst-in-human study iswas to provide proof of concept, and to provide valuable feedback to make any necessary product modifications or adjustments to our surgical implantation proceduresprocedure for the VenoValve prior to conducting the SAVVE (Surgical Anti-reflux Venous Valve Endoprosthesis) U.S. pivotal trial. In December of 2018, we received regulatory approval from Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos (“INVIMA”), the Colombian equivalent of the FDA. On February 19, 2019, we announced that the first VenoValve was successfully implanted in a patient in Colombia. Between April of 2019 and December of 2019, we successfully implanted VenoValves in 10 additional patients, completing the implantations for the first phase of the Colombian first-in-man study. Overall, VenoValves have been implanted in 11 patients. Endpoints for the VenoValve first-in-manfirst-in-human study includeincluded safety (device related adverse events), reflux, measured by doppler,Duplex Ultrasound, a VCSSrVCSS score used by the clinician to measure disease severity and progress, a VAS score used by the patient to measure pain.pain, and quality of life measurements.

 

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Results from the one year first-in-human study were presented at the Charing Cross International Symposium in April of 112021. Among the eleven (11) patients have now completedin the one-year first-in-man trial. For those eight patients,study, reflux has improved an average of 46%54%, Venous Clinical Severity Scores (“VCSSs”) have improved an average of 55%56%, and VASvisual analog scale (VAS) scores, which are used by patients to measure pain, have improved an average of 67%76%, all at one (1) year when compared to pre-surgery levels. VCSS scores are commonly used by clinicians in practice and in clinical trials to objectively assess outcomes in the treatment of venous disease, and include ten characteristics including pain, inflammation, skin changes such as pigmentation and induration, the number of active ulcers, and ulcer duration. The improvementsimprovement in VCSS scores is significant and indicates thatthe VenoValve patients who had severe CVI pre-surgery, now havehad mild CVI or the complete absence of disease at one-year post surgery.

VenoValve

Related safety incidences have been minor and includeduring the one year first-in-human study for the VenoValve included one (1) fluid pocket (which was aspirated), intolerance from Coumadin anticoagulation therapy, three (3) minor wound infections (treated with antibiotics), and one occlusion due to patient non-compliance with anti-coagulation therapy.

 

Next steps for the VenoValve include the continued monitoring of the three remaining VenoValve patients, a Pre-IDE meeting with the FDA, the completion of a series of functional tests mandated by the FDA which are necessary for the filing of an IDE application, and the filing of an IDE application for the U.S. pivotal trial which we expect to file in Q1 of 2021.

CoreoGraft

Background

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among men and women in the U.S. accounting for about 1 in every 4 deaths. Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing over 370,000 people each year. Coronary heart disease occurs when arteries around the heart become blocked or occluded, in most cases by plaque. Although balloon angioplasty with or without cardiac stents have become the norm if one or two arteries are blocked, coronary artery bypass surgery remains the treatment of choice for patients with multiple blocked arteries on both sides of the heart. Approximately 200,000 coronary artery bypass graft (“CABG”) surgeries take place each year in the U.S. and are the most commonly performed cardiac procedure. CABG surgeries alone account for 55% of all cardiac surgeries, and CABG surgeries when combined with valve replacement surgeries account for approximately 62% of all cardiac surgeries. The next largest category accounts for 10% of cardiac surgeries. The number of CABG surgeries are expected to increase as the population continues to age. On average, three grafts are used for each CABG surgery.

Although CABG surgeries are invasive, improved surgical techniques over the years have lowered the fatality rate from CABG surgeries to between 1% and 3% prior to discharge from the hospital. Arteries around heart are accessed via an incision along the sternum known as a sternotomy. Once the incision is made, the sternum (chest) is divided (“cracked”) to access the heart and its surrounding arteries.

CABG surgery is relatively safe and effective. In most instances, doctors prefer to use the left internal mammary artery (“LIMA”), an artery running inside the ribcage and close to the sternum, to re-vascularize the left side of the heart. Use of the LIMA to revascularize the left descending coronary artery (known as the “widow maker”) has become the gold standard for revascularizing the left side of the heart during CABG surgeries. For the right side of the heart, and where additional grafts are needed on the left side, the current standard of care is to harvest the saphenous vein from the patient’s leg to be dissected into pieces and used as bypass grafts around the heart. Unfortunately, saphenous vein grafts (“SVGs”) are not nearly as effective as the LIMA for revascularizing the heart. In fact, SVGs continue to be the weak link for CABG surgeries.

The saphenous vein harvest procedure is itself invasive. Either a long incision is made along the inner leg of the patient to harvest the vein, or the saphenous vein is extracted endoscopically. Regardless of the type of harvest procedure, bypass graft harvest remains an invasive and complication prone aspect of the CABG procedure. Present standard-of-care complications are described in recent published reports in major medical journals. The percentage of complications from the harvest procedure can be as high as 24%. This is mainly due to non-healing of the saphenous wound or development of infection in the area of the saphenous vein harvest site.

While the LIMA is known for excellent short term and long term patency rates, studies indicate that between 10% and 40% percent of SVGs that are used as conduits for CABG surgeries fail within the first year after the CABG surgery. A significant percentage fail within the first 30 days. At 10 years, the SVGs failure rate can be as high as 75%. When a graft fails, it becomes blocked or occluded, depriving the heart of blood flow. Mortality during the first year after bypass graft failure is very high, between 5% and 9%. For purposes of comparison, a 3% threshold is considered to be a high cardiac risk. In fact, a relatively recent study in Denmark has reported that mortality rates at 8 to 10 years after CABG surgery are as high as 60% to 80%. While a life expectancy of 8 to 10 years following CABG surgery may have been acceptable in the past, expectations have changed and with people now generally living longer, additional focus is now being placed on extending life expectancies following CABG surgeries.

Researchers have determined that there are two main causes of SVGs failure: size mismatch, and a thickening of the interior of the SVGs that begins immediately following the harvest procedure. Size mismatch occurs because the diameter of SVGs is often significantly larger than the diameter of the coronary arteries around the heart. This size mismatch causes flow disturbances, leading to graft thromboses and graft failure. The thickening of the cell walls of SVGs occur when a layer of endothelial cells on the inner surface of the SVGs are disturbed beginning at the harvesting procedure, starting a chain reaction which causes the cells to thicken and the inside of the graft to narrow, resulting in blood clots and graft failure.

The Opportunity

The CoreoGraft is a bovine based off the shelf conduit that could potentially be used to revascularize the heart, instead of harvesting the saphenous vein from the patient’s leg. In addition to avoiding the invasive and painful SVG harvest process, HJLI’s CoreoGraft closely matches the size of the coronary arteries, eliminating graft failures that occur due to size mismatch. In addition, with no graft harvest needed, the CoreoGraft could also reduce or eliminate the inner thickening that burdens and leads to failure of the SVGs.

In addition to providing a potential alternative to SVGs, the CoreoGraft could be used when making grafts from the patients’ own arteries and veins is not an option. For example, patients with significant arterial and vascular disease often do not have suitable vessels to be used as grafts. For other patients, such as women who have undergone radiation treatment for breast cancer and have a higher incidence of heart disease, using the LIMA may not be an option if it was damaged by the radiation. Another example are patients undergoing a second CABG surgery. Due in large part to early SVG failures, patients may need a second CABG surgery. If the SVG was used for the first CABG surgery, the patient may have insufficient veins to harvest. While the CoreoGraft may start out as a product for patients with no other options, if the CoreoGraft establishes good short term and long term patency rates, it could become the graft of choice for all CABG patients in addition to the LIMA.

Clinical Status

In January of 2020, we announced the results of a six month, nine sheep, animal feasibility study for the CoreoGraft. Bypasses were accomplished by attaching the CoreoGrafts from the ascending aorta to the left anterior descending artery, and surgeries were preformed both on-pump and off-pump. Partners for the feasibility study included the Texas Heart Institute, and American Preclinical Services.

Test subjects were evaluated via angiograms and flow monitors during the study, and a full pathology examination of the CoreoGrafts and the surrounding tissue was performed post necropsy.

The results from the feasibility study demonstrated that the CoreoGrafts remained patent (open) and fully functional at 30, 90, and 180 day intervals after implantation. In addition, pathology examinations of the grafts and surrounding tissue at the conclusion of the study showed no signs of thrombosis, infection, aneurysmal degeneration, changes in the lumen, or other problems that are known to plague and lead to failure of SVGs.

In addition to exceptional patency, pathology examinations indicated full endothelialization for grafts implanted for 180 days both throughout the CoreoGrafts and into the left anterior descending arteries. Endothelium is a layer of cells that naturally exist throughout healthy veins and arteries and that that act as a barrier between blood and the surrounding tissue, which helps promote the smooth passage of blood. Endothelium are known to produce a variety anti-clotting and other positive characteristics that are essential to healthy veins and arteries. The presence of full endothelialization within the longer term CoreoGrafts indicates that the graft is being accepted and assimilated in a manner similar to natural healthy veins and arteries that exist throughout the vascular system and is an indication of long-term biocompatibility.

In May of 2020, we announced that we had received approval from the Superintendent of Health of the National Health Counsel for the Republic of Paraguay to conduct a first-in-human trial for the CoreoGraft. Up to 5 patients that need coronary artery bypass graft surgery will receive CoreoGraft implants as part of the first-in-human study. In July of 2020, we announced that we had received permission to proceed with the first-in-human study, which had been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in August of3, 2020, we announced that the first twoFDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation status to the VenoValve. The FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program was established to enable priority review for devices that provide more effective treatment or diagnosis of life threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions. The goal of the FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program is to provide patients had been enrolledand health care providers with timely access to medical devices by speeding up their development, assessment, and review, while preserving the FDA’s mission to protect and promote public health.

In March 2021, we submitted an IDE application with the FDA and in April 2021, we received notification from the FDA that our IDE application was approved. An investigational device exemption or IDE from the FDA is required before a medical device company can proceed with a pivotal trial for the first-in-human CoreoGraft trial. We are currently making arrangementsa Class III medical device. This approval allowed us to export CoreoGrafts to Paraguayproceed with our SAVVE study, a prospective, non-blinded, single arm, multi-center study of seventy-five (75) CVI patients to be used forenrolled at up to 20 U.S. sites. We later received permission from the first-in-human trial.FDA to increase the number of clinical sites to up to 30.

 

Our Competitive StrengthsAt the end of the VenoValve first-in-human study, eight (8) study participants agreed to additional monitoring. In November of 2022, three-year follow-up data was presented at the 49th Annual VEITH Symposium in New York city for this cohort of patients. That data indicated no recurrences of the severe CVI that was present pre-VenoValve, including no ulcer recurrences for those patients who had venous ulcers (C6 patients) prior to receiving the VenoValve. There were no reported safety issues from the end of one (1) year first-in-human study to the end of the three (3) year reporting period. In addition, the patients continued to show improvements compared to pre-surgery levels, reporting 62%, 64%, and 84%, average improvements in reflux, VCSS, and VAS scores, respectively, at an average of three (3) years post VenoValve surgery. One deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurred between year 2 and year 3 due to patient non-compliance with anti-coagulation medication. In addition to presenting at leading academic and vascular conferences around the world, results from the VenoValve first-in-human study and following observational period have been published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, the Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and JAMA Surgery Journal.

In November of 2022, we announced we had passed a preliminary safety review by the FDA for the first twenty (20) patients enrolled in the SAVVE trial. The FDA had requested that we submit preliminary safety data at thirty (30) days post VenoValve® implantation for the first twenty (20) patients enrolled in the study. The preliminary safety data included one (1) device related (mild) and two (2) procedure related (moderate) adverse events. After review by the FDA, the study was cleared to continue without modification or interruption.

The mass resignations and continuing turnover of healthcare workers following the COVID-19 pandemic put an enormous strain on hospital resources, including their clinical staffing and research capabilities. These factors impact the rate at which clinical trials such as SAVVE enroll and progress. We have taken several steps to help address the hospital staffing shortages, including our hiring of 4 Clinical Technologists, with extensive and specialized experience in duplex sonography of the deep venous system, to assist in training site personnel, proctoring Duplex Ultrasound examinations, and providing assistance for the SAVVE study. On July 5, 2023 we announced that that we have enrolled 57 subjects in the SAVVE trial and that we expect to achieve full enrollment (75 subjects) by the end of 2023.

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enVVe

On September 21, 2022, we announced the development of a non-surgical transcatheter based replacement venous valve called enVVe®, for the treatment of CVI of the deep veins of the leg. Preliminary bench testing and animal testing for enVVe were completed before our announcement. We have filed an application seeking approval to begin an early feasibility study for enVVe. The trial will be known as the Transcatheter Anti-reflux, Venous Valve Endoprosthesis early feasibility study (TAVVE-EFS). The initial phase of the TAVVE-EFS study will seek to enroll 3 to 5 patients across multiple sites.

Several parameters will be evaluated over the course of the study including safety and technical success of the enVVe venous valve delivery system, and the safety and clinical performance of the enVVe venous valve. enVVe is delivered into the femoral vein of the patient via a minimally invasive procedure requiring no general anesthesia and no overnight hospital stay. Due to the minimally invasive nature of the procedure, we expect to be able to reach patients with less severe CVI or who may otherwise not be good candidates for a surgical device, and estimate the U.S. market for enVVe to be approximately 3.5 million patients.

Capital

 

We believefinished 2022 with approximately $39.1 million of cash and investments and had approximately $29.8  million of cash and investments at June 30, 2023. At our existing cash burn rate of approximately $4 - 5 million per quarter, we will offershould have sufficient cash to fund operations through the cardiovascular device market a compelling value proposition withend of 2024 and into 2025. With primary endpoints following full enrollment in the launchSAVVE pivotal trial of our two products, if approved,thirty (30) days for safety, and six (6) months for effectiveness, we expect to have primary endpoint data well in advance of the following reasons:need to raise additional capital.

We have extensive experience of proprietary processing and manufacturing methodology specifically applicable to the design, processing, manufacturing and sterilization of our biologic tissue devices.
We operate a 14,507 square foot manufacturing facility in Irvine, California. Our facility is designed expressly for the manufacture of Class III tissue based implantable medical devices and is equipped for research and development, prototype fabrication, current good manufacturing practices, or cGMP, and manufacturing and shipping for Class III medical devices, including biologic cardiovascular devices.
We have attracted senior executives who are experienced in research and development and who have worked on over 50 medical devices that have received FDA approval or CE marking. We also have the advantage of an experienced board of directors and scientific advisory board who will provide guidance as we move towards market launch.

 

Recent DevelopmentsCorporate Information

 

On MayWe were incorporated in Delaware on December 22, 2020, we executed a non-binding letter of intent to merge the Company with Catheter Precision, Inc., (“Catheter Precision”) a private medical device company focused on cardiovascular diseases, including heart arrythmias. Catheter Precision has developed a software imaging system called VIVO™, which has been cleared by the FDA, and CE marked, and that produces a 3-D virtual image of the heart on a computer monitor for the purpose of accurately identifying and targeting the anatomical location of ventricular arrhythmias for catheter ablation therapy. We are currently completing our due diligence review of Catheter Precision and are continuing negotiating the terms of a definitive merger agreement, including the amount of merger consideration (though it has been agreed that the consideration payable by us will not include a cash component). Accordingly, we cannot provide any assurance that we will effect a merger transaction with Catheter Precision or, if we are able to consummate such a transaction, that the terms of any such merger transaction will be favorable to and approved by our stockholders. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8 of this prospectus, including the risk factors incorporated by reference herein, for further discussion surrounding the non-binding letter of intent and the transactions contemplated thereby. David Jenkins, a principal of Catheter Precision, invested in the July Private Placement through Fat Boy Capital, LP and is listed as a selling stockholder herein.

Selling Stockholders

The shares offered for resale by this prospectus consist of (i) 1,300,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the February Investor Warrants issued by the Company on February 25, 2020 in the February Private Placement, (ii) 130,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the February PA Warrants issued by the Company to the placement agent as consideration in the February Private Placement, (iii) 6,078,125 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 4,205,406 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued by the Company on July 21, 2020 in the July Private Placement, (iv) 6,078,125 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the July Warrants issued by the Company in the July Private Placement and (v) 3,495,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Waiver Warrants issued by the Company on July 21, 2020 in connection with the waiver by certain stockholders of the Company of certain rights pursuant to a voting and lock-up agreement.

Principal Offices

1999. Our principal executive offices are located at 70 Doppler, Irvine, California, 92618, and theour telephone number is (949) 261-2900. Information about usOur corporate website address is available on our website http:// www.hancockjaffe.com.www.envveno.com. The information contained on our website or that can be accessedaccessible through our website does not constitute part of this prospectus and is not incorporated in any manner intoa part of this prospectus.

 

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THE OFFERING

Common stock offered by the selling stockholders herein:

17,081,250 shares

Common stock outstanding: (1)40,098,234 shares
Common stock outstanding after the offering:

57,179,484 shares (assuming the exercise of all of the February Warrants, July Warrants and Waiver Warrants and conversion of all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock)

Use of Proceeds:We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock by the selling stockholders. We may receive proceeds upon the exercise of the February Warrants, July Warrants and Waiver Warrants (to the extent the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is then effective and, if applicable, the “cashless exercise” provision is not utilized by the holder). Any proceeds will be used for general corporate and working capital or for other purposes that the Board of Directors, in their good faith, deems to be in the best interest of the Company. No assurances can be given that any of such warrants will be exercised. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Listing of securities:Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “HJLI.” A class of our warrants is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “HJLIW.”
Risk Factors:An investment in our company is highly speculative and involves a significant degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock.

(1)The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering as reflected above is based on the actual total number of shares outstanding as of September 14, 2020 and does not include, as of that date:

5,392,207 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of  $1.28 per share;
23,163,443 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants with a weighted average exercise price of  $1.23 (including the February Warrants, July Warrants and Waiver Warrants); and
6,078,125 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 4,205,406 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued by the Company on July 21, 2020 in the July Private Placement.

RISK FACTORS

 

InvestmentInvesting in our securities involves a high degree of risk. YouBefore deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should carefully consider the risks described below,risk factors we describe in any prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectus for a specific offering of securities, as well as those incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. You should also carefully consider other information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, including our financial statements and the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties described in the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” each contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019applicable prospectus supplement and our Quarterly Reports for the periods ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, which have been filedother filings with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, as well as all other information in this prospectusherein are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or inthat we currently consider immaterial may also adversely affect us. If any other documents incorporated by reference. Each of the described risks described in these sections and documents could adversely affectoccur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially harmed. In such case, the value of our securities could decline and prospects, and could result in a complete lossyou may lose all or part of your investment. This prospectus and the incorporated documents also contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks mentioned above.

 

Certain Risks Related to our Securities

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We have issued a significant number of options, warrants and shares of convertible preferred stock and may continue to do so in the future. The vesting and, if applicable, exercise of these securities and the sale of the shares of common stock issuable thereunder may dilute your percentage ownership interest and may also result in downward pressure on the price of our common stock.

As of September 14, 2020, we have issued and outstanding options to purchase 5,392,207 shares of our common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $1.28, 250,000 restricted stock awards subject to vesting, 195,160 restricted stock units subject to vesting, warrants to purchase 23,164,443 shares of our common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $1.23 and 4,205,406 shares of Series C Preferred Stock convertible into 6,078,125 shares of common stock. Further, while we do not currently have any shares available for issuance under our Amended and Restated 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the number of shares available under the plan will be increased April 26th (and each April 26th thereafter) by an amount equal to 3% of the total issued and outstanding shares of our common stock as of such anniversary (or such lesser number of shares as may be approved by our Board of Directors). Because the market for our common stock is thinly traded, the sales and/or the perception that those sales may occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Furthermore, the mere existence of a significant number of shares of common stock issuable upon vesting and, if applicable, exercise of these securities may be perceived by the market as having a potential dilutive effect, which could lead to a decrease in the price of our common stock.

 

Future sales or issuances of substantial amounts of our Common Stock, including, potentially, as a result of the merger transaction with Catheter Precision, could result in significant dilution.

As disclosed elsewhere in this prospectus supplement, we are contemplating a potential merger transaction with Catheter Precision. In the event that the proposed merger transaction with Catheter Precision is completed, we would expect to issue a significant number of shares of our Common Stock to the stockholders of Catheter Precision. Additionally, we may elect to raise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations as a result of the merger. If additional shares are issued in connection with the proposed merger transaction or additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of those securities could result in further dilution to investors purchasing our Common Stock in this offering.

Our failure to meet the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq could result in a de-listing of our Common Stock.

We are not currently in compliance with the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq. Specifically, on October 14, 2019, we received notice from Nasdaq indicating that, because the closing bid price for the Company’s Common Stock had fallen below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, the Company no longer complied with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Rule 5550(a)(2) of Nasdaq Listing Rules. We have received an extension from Nasdaq until December 28, 2020 to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement and have received approval from our stockholders to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio of between one-for-five and one-for-twenty five, but there is no guarantee that we will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. Further, even if we do regain compliance, there is no guarantee that we will be able to continue to meet the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq. In the event we are unable to do so, our securities may be delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market. Such a delisting would likely have a negative effect on the price of our Common Stock and would impair your ability to sell or purchase our Common Stock when you wish to do so. In the event of a delisting, we would expect to take actions to restore our compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, but our Common Stock may not be listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our Common Stock, prevent our Common Stock from dropping below the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement or prevent future non-compliance with the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules

Risks Related to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly negatively impacted our business.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global economy and has negatively impacted large populations including people and businesses that may be directly or indirectly involved with the operation of our Company and the manufacturing, development, and testing of our product candidates. The full scope and economic impact of COVID-19 is still unknown and there are many risks from COVID-19 that could generally and negatively impact economies and healthcare providers in the countries where we do business, the medical device industry as a whole, and development stage, pre-revenue companies such as HJLI. At this time, we have identified the following COVID-19 related risks that we believe have a greater likelihood of negatively impacting our company specific, including, but not limited to:

Federal, State and local shelter-in-place directives which limit our employees from accessing our facility to manufacture, develop and test our product candidates.
Travel restrictions and quarantine requirements which prevent us from initiating and continuing animal studies and patient trial both inside and outside of the United States.
The burden on hospitals and medical personnel resulting in the cancellation of non-essential medical procedures such as surgical procedures needed to implant our product candidates for pre-clinical and clinical trials.
Delays in the procurement of certain supplies and equipment that are needed to develop and test our product candidates.
Erosion of the capital markets which make it more difficult to obtain the financing that we need to fund and continue our operations.
Potential back-log at regulatory agencies such as the FDA which may result in delays in obtaining regulatory approvals.
Travel restrictions which prevent patients from participating and continuing the participation in clinical trials.

Certain Risks Related to our Business and Strategy

While we have entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Catheter Precision and have entered into exclusive negotiations for a merger therewith, we cannot assure you that the transactions contemplated by our non-binding letter of intent will be consummated or, that if such transactions are consummated, they will be accretive to stockholder value.

On June 1, 2020, we entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Catheter Precision pursuant to which we agreed to explore a merger transaction with Catheter Precision. However, the non-binding letter of intent did not include material terms to any potential transaction with Catheter Precision and there is no guarantee that we will agree to terms or definitive documentation with Catheter Precision in order to effect the proposed merger transaction. Further, even if we are able to agree to terms with Catheter Precision for a merger transaction, there is no guarantee that the terms will be favorable to and approved by our stockholders, that the transaction will be completed in the time frame or in the manner currently anticipated, or that we will recognize the anticipated benefits of the transaction.

We may engage in future acquisitions or strategic transactions, including the transaction with Catheter Precision, which may require us to seek additional financing or financial commitments, increase our expenses and/or present significant distractions to our management.

As described herein, we have recently entered into a non-binding letter of intent to merge the Company with Catheter Precision which enables us to conduct due diligence and negotiate the terms of a definitive merger agreement. In the event we engage in an acquisition or strategic transaction, we may need to acquire additional financing (particularly, if the acquired entity is not cash flow positive or does not have significant cash on hand). Obtaining financing through the issuance or sale of additional equity and/or debt securities, if possible, may not be at favorable terms and may result in additional dilution to our current stockholders. Additionally, any such transaction may require us to incur non-recurring or other charges, may increase our near and long-term expenditures and may pose significant integration challenges or disrupt our management or business, which could adversely affect our operations and financial results. For example, an acquisition or strategic transaction may entail numerous operational and financial risks, including the risks outlined above and additionally:

exposure to unknown liabilities;
disruption of our business and diversion of our management’s time and attention in order to develop acquired products or technologies;
higher than expected acquisition and integration costs;
write-downs of assets or goodwill or impairment charges;
increased amortization expenses;
difficulty and cost in combining the operations and personnel of any acquired businesses with our operations and personnel;
impairment of relationships with key suppliers or customers of any acquired businesses due to changes in management and ownership; and
inability to retain key employees of any acquired businesses

Accordingly, although there can be no assurance that we will undertake or successfully complete any transactions of the nature described above, and any transactions that we do complete could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive anyUnless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from these sales primarily for the salecontinued development of the common stock by the selling stockholders. We may receive proceeds upon the exercise of the February Warrants, July Warrantsour two lead products, VenoValve and Waiver Warrants (to the extent the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is then effectiveenVVe, and if applicable, the “cashless exercise” provision is not utilized by the holder). Any proceeds will be used for general corporate andpurposes, including working capital and investing in or for other purposesacquiring companies that are synergistic with or complementary to our technologies. We have no specific acquisition contemplated at this time. The amounts and timing of these expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the Boarddevelopment of Directors,our current business initiatives, the status of and results from clinical trials and any unforeseen cash needs. Pending these uses, we intend to invest the net proceeds from this offering in their good faith, deems to be in the best interestshort-term, investment-grade interest-bearing securities such as money market funds, certificates of deposit, commercial paper and guaranteed obligations of the Company. No assurances can be given that any of such warrants will be exercised.U.S. government.

 

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DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

The selling stockholders will offer common stock at the prevailing market prices or a privately negotiated price as it may determine from time to time.

The offering price of our common stock to be sold by the selling stockholders does not necessarily bear any relationship to our book value, assets, past operating results, financial condition or any other established criteria of value. The facts considered in determining the offering price were our financial condition and prospects, our limited operating history and the general condition of the securities market.

In addition, there is no assurance that our common stock will trade at market prices in excess of the offering price as prices for common stock in any public market will be determined in the marketplace and may be influenced by many factors, including the depth and liquidity.

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth certain information as of September 15, 2020 regarding the selling stockholders and the shares of common stock currently owned by them and offered by them in this prospectus. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the following table, the selling stockholders named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite their name. The percentage of ownership of the selling stockholders in the following table is based upon 40,098,234 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 15, 2020.

Other than as described in the footnotes below, none of the selling stockholders or their affiliates has held a position as an officer or director of the Company, nor do the selling stockholders or any of their affiliates have any material relationship of any kind with us or any of our affiliates. All information with respect to share ownership has been furnished by the selling stockholders. The common stock being offered is being registered to permit secondary trading of the shares and the selling stockholders may offer all or part of the common stock owned for resale from time to time. Other than as described in the footnotes below, the selling stockholders do not have any family relationships with our officers, directors or controlling stockholders. Furthermore, none of the selling stockholders is a registered broker-dealer or an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer.

The term “selling stockholder” also includes any transferees, pledges, donees, or other successors in interest to the selling stockholders named in the table below. To our knowledge, subject to applicable community property laws, each person named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the common stock set forth opposite such person’s name. We will file a supplement to this prospectus (or a post-effective amendment hereto, if necessary) to name successors to any named selling stockholder who is able to use this prospectus to resell the securities registered hereby.

 

Name of Selling Stockholder

 

Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned

Prior to Offering (1)

  

Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Sold Pursuant

to this Prospectus

  

Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned

After Offering Assuming All

Shares are Sold (2)

  

Percentage of Common Stock Owned

After Offering Assuming All

Shares are Sold (2)

 
The Mark Hefley Living Trust (3)(4)  1,000,000   500,000   500,000   1.2%
Ken Baker (3)  100,000   50,000   50,000   * 
Emil J. Fanelli Jr. (3)  200,000   100,000   100,000   * 
Matthew D. Lowery (3)  100,000   50,000   50,000   * 
Shores Oil Company (3)(5)  400,000   200,000   200,000   * 
James S. Kiening (3)  100,000   50,000   50,000   * 
Philip Whitfield Faucette II (3)  100,000   50,000   50,000   * 
Grzegorz Wieczerzak (3)  200,000   100,000   100,000   * 
David S. Nagelberg 2003 Revocable Trust (3)  400,000   200,000   200,000   * 
Arthur Coffey (6)  110,500   110,500   0   * 
Ariel Imas (6)  9,750   9,750   0   * 
Braden Ferrari (6)  9,750   9,750   0   * 
Fat Boy Capital, LP (7)(8)  7,812,500   7,812,500   0   * 
The Special Equities Opportunity Fund, LLC (7)(9)  2,000,000   2,000,000   0   * 
Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. (7)(10)  781,250   781,250   0   * 
Iroquois Capital Investment Group LLC (7)(11)  1,562,500   1,562,500   0   * 
Anson Investments Master Fund LP (12)(13)  1,500,000   1,500,000   0   * 
Warberg WF VII LP (12)(14)  292,500   292,500   0   * 
Warberg WF VIII LP (12)(15)  202,500   202,500   0   * 
Intracoastal Capital, LLC (12)(16)  1,500,000   1,500,000   0   * 

* Less than 1%

1.For each selling stockholder, includes shares of common stock known by us to be held by such selling stockholder as of the date of the prospectus plus any shares of common stock that are issuable upon exercise of warrants or conversion of preferred stock that are being registered hereunder. This column does not include any other securities that a selling stockholder may hold, including any other warrants that such selling stockholder may hold, that are not applicable to this registration statement.
2.Assumes the sale of all shares offered pursuant to this prospectus.
3.Selling stockholder participated in the February Private Placement and received shares of common stock and the February Investor Warrants. The “Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned Prior to Offering” assumes the exercise in full of the February Investor Warrants.
4.Mark Hefley has the voting and investment control over the securities held by The Mark Hefley Living Trust.
5.Doug Shore has the voting and investment control over the securities held by Shores Oil Company.
6.Selling stockholder was assigned the February PA Warrants from the placement agent in the February Private Placement. The “Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned Prior to Offering” assumes the exercise in full of the February PA Warrants.
7.Selling stockholder participated in the July Private Placement and received shares of Series C Preferred Stock and July Warrants. The “Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned Prior to Offering” assumes the conversion in full of the Series C Preferred Stock and exercise in full of the July Warrants.
8.David Jenkins has the voting and investment control over the securities held by Fat Boy Capital, LP.
9.Jonathan Schechter, Joseph Reda and Andrew Arno share voting and investment control over the securities held by The Special Equities Opportunity Fund, LLC.
10.Iroquois Capital Management L.L.C. is the investment manager of Iroquois Master Fund, Ltd. Iroquois Capital Management, LLC has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Iroquois Master Fund. As Managing Members of Iroquois Capital Management, LLC, Richard Abbe and Kimberly Page make voting and investment decisions on behalf of Iroquois Capital Management, LLC in its capacity as investment manager to Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. As a result of the foregoing, Mr. Abbe and Mrs. Page may be deemed to have beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the securities held by Iroquois Capital Management and Iroquois Master Fund.
11.Richard Abbe is the managing member of Iroquois Capital Investment Group LLC. Mr. Abbe has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Iroquois Capital Investment Group LLC. As such, Mr. Abbe may be deemed to be the beneficial owner (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the securities held by Iroquois Capital Investment Group LLC.
12.Selling stockholder received Waiver Warrants in connection with the waiver by certain stockholders of the Company of certain rights pursuant to a voting and lock-up agreement. The “Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned Prior to Offering” assumes the exercise in full of the Waiver Warrants.
13.Anson Advisors Inc. and Anson Funds Management LP, the Co-Investment Advisers of Anson Investments Master Fund LP (“Anson”), hold voting and dispositive power over the Common Shares held by Anson. Bruce Winson is the managing member of Anson Management GP LLC, which is the general partner of Anson Funds Management LP. Moez Kassam and Amin Nathoo are directors of Anson Advisors Inc. Mr. Winson, Mr. Kassam and Mr. Nathoo each disclaim beneficial ownership of these Common Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Anson is Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands.
14.Daniel Warsh is the Manager of Warberg WF VII LP and has the voting and investment control over the securities held by Warberg WF VII LP.
15.Daniel Warsh is the Manager of Warberg WF VIII LP and has the voting and investment control over the securities held by Warberg WF VIII LP.
16.Mitchell P. Kopin (“Mr. Kopin”) and Daniel B. Asher (“Mr. Asher”), each of whom are managers of Intracoastal Capital LLC (“Intracoastal”), have shared voting control and investment discretion over the securities reported herein that are held by Intracoastal. As a result, each of Mr. Kopin and Mr. Asher may be deemed to have beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of the securities reported herein that are held by Intracoastal.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registeringmay sell the shares of common stock to permit the resale of these shares of common stock (including shares of common stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of outstanding securities) by the holders thereof (and such holders’ successors and assigns)securities from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock.

The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through underwriters or dealers, through agents, or directly to one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the timepurchasers. A distribution of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These salessecurities offered by this prospectus may also be effected through the issuance of derivative securities, including without limitation, warrants, rights to purchase and subscriptions. In addition, the manner in transactions, which we may involve crossessell some or block transactions,all of the securities covered by this prospectus includes, without limitation, through:

 

 on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;
in the over-the-counter market;
in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market;
through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactionsa block trade in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
block trades in which thea broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position andor resell a portion of the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;
 purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; or
 an exchange distributionordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in accordancewhich a broker solicits purchasers.

A prospectus supplement or supplements with respect to each series of securities will describe the terms of the offering, including, to the extent applicable:

the rulesterms of the applicable exchange;offering;
 privately negotiated transactions;the name or names of the underwriters or agents and the amounts of securities underwritten or purchased by each of them, if any;
 short sales;the public offering price or purchase price of the securities or other consideration therefor, and the proceeds to be received by us from the sale;
 sales pursuant to Rule 144;any delayed delivery requirements;
 broker-dealersany over-allotment options under which underwriters may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;purchase additional securities from us;
 a combination of any such methods of sale;underwriting discounts or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation
any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers; and
 any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.

 

If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasersThe offer and sale of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agentsecurities described in this prospectus by us, the underwriters or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agentsthe third parties described above may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of common stock or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.

The selling stockholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stockeffected from time to time pursuant to thisin one or more transactions, including privately negotiated transactions, either:

at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
in an “at the market” offering within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act;
at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
at negotiated prices.

Only underwriters named in the prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provisionsupplement will be underwriters of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary,securities offered by the listprospectus supplement.

Underwriters and Agents; Direct Sales

If underwriters are used in a sale, they will acquire the offered securities for their own account and may resell the offered securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of selling stockholderssale. We may offer the securities to include the pledgee, transfereepublic through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer and donateby underwriters without a syndicate.

Unless the sharesprospectus supplement states otherwise, the obligations of common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interestunderwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to the selling owners for purposes of this prospectus.

The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer participatingconditions set forth in the distributionapplicable underwriting agreement. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” withinsecurities offered by the meaning of the Securities Act,prospectus supplement, other than securities covered by any over-allotment option. Any public offering price and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may change from time to time. We may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. We will describe in the prospectus supplement, naming the underwriter, the nature of any such broker-dealerrelationship.

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We may sell securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of securities, and we will describe any commissions we will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, our agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by certain types of institutional investors to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must pay for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.

Dealers

We may sell the offered securities to dealers as principals. The dealer may then resell such securities to the public either at varying prices to be determined by the dealer or at a fixed offering price agreed to with us at the time of resale.

Institutional Purchasers

We may authorize agents, dealers or underwriters to solicit certain institutional investors to purchase offered securities on a delayed delivery basis pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified future date. The applicable prospectus supplement or other offering materials, as the case may be, deemed to be underwritingwill provide the details of any such arrangement, including the offering price and commissions or discountspayable on the solicitations.

We will enter into such delayed contracts only with institutional purchasers that we approve. These institutions may include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions.

Indemnification; Other Relationships

We may provide agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms with indemnification against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. AtAct, or contribution with respect to payments that the time a particular offeringagents or underwriters may make with respect to these liabilities. Agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms, and their affiliates, may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business. This includes commercial banking and investment banking transactions.

Market-Making; Stabilization and Other Transactions

There is currently no market for any of the shares ofoffered securities, other than our common stock, which is made,quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market. If the offered securities are traded after their initial issuance, they may trade at a discount from their initial offering price, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities and other factors. While it is possible that an underwriter could inform us that it intends to make a market in the offered securities, such underwriter would not be obligated to do so, and any such market-making could be discontinued at any time without notice. Therefore, no assurance can be given as to whether an active trading market will develop for the offered securities. We have no current plans for listing of the debt securities, preferred stock, warrants or subscription rights on any securities exchange or quotation system; any such listing with respect to any particular debt securities, preferred stock, warrants or subscription rights will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement if required, will be distributed which will set forthor other offering materials, as the aggregate amountcase may be.

Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of shares of common stock being offered and1934, as amended, or the termsExchange Act. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering includingsize, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the nameunderlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum price. Syndicate-covering or namesother short-covering transactions involve purchases of the securities, either through exercise of the over-allotment option or in the open market after the distribution is completed, to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a stabilizing or covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any broker-dealersof the activities at any time.

Any underwriters or agents any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation fromthat are qualified market makers on the selling stockholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.

Under the securities laws of some states, the shares ofNasdaq Capital Market may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock may be soldon the Nasdaq Capital Market in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

The selling stockholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions ofaccordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act, andduring the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation Mbusiness day prior to the pricing of the Exchange Act, which may limitoffering, before the timingcommencement of purchases andoffers or sales of anyour common stock. Passive market makers must comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be identified as passive market makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the shareshighest independent bid for such security; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, however, the passive market maker’s bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are exceeded. Passive market making may stabilize the market price of common stock by the selling stockholderssecurities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any other participating person. Regulation M may also restricttime.

Fees and Commissions

If 5% or more of the abilitynet proceeds of any person engagedoffering of securities made under this prospectus will be received by a FINRA member participating in the distributionoffering or affiliates or associated persons of such FINRA member, the shares of common stock to engageoffering will be conducted in market-making activitiesaccordance with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.FINRA Rule 5121.

 

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Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTEREDWE MAY OFFER

 

General

 

AsThis prospectus describes the general terms of our capital stock. The following description is not complete and may not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our capital stock. For a more detailed description of these securities, you should read the applicable provisions of Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation, as amended, referred to herein as our certificate of incorporation, and our amended and restated bylaws, referred to herein as our bylaws. When we offer to sell a particular series of these securities, we will describe the specific terms of the dateseries in a supplement to this prospectus. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of any series of securities, you must refer to both the prospectus supplement relating to that series and the description of the securities described in this prospectus. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus our authorizedsupplement differs from this summary description, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.

The total number of shares of capital stock consistedwe are authorized to issue is 260,000,000 shares, of which (a) 250,000,000 shares are common stock and (b) 10,000,000 shares are preferred stock.

We, directly or through agents, dealers or underwriters designated from time to time, may offer, issue and sell, together or separately, up to $75,000,000 in the aggregate of:

common stock;
preferred stock;
purchase contracts;
warrants to purchase our securities;
subscription rights to purchase our securities;
depositary shares;
secured or unsecured debt securities consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness which may be senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities or subordinated debt securities, each of which may be convertible into equity securities; or
units comprised of, or other combinations of, the foregoing securities.

We may issue the debt securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, and 10,000,000preferred stock or other securities that may be sold by us pursuant to this prospectus or any combination of the foregoing. The preferred stock may also be exchangeable for and/or convertible into shares of common stock, another series of preferred stock $0.00001 par value per share. Our Board of Directorsor other securities that may establish the rights and preferencesbe sold by us pursuant to this prospectus or any combination of the preferred stock from timeforegoing. When a particular series of securities is offered, a supplement to time. Asthis prospectus will be delivered with this prospectus, which will set forth the terms of September 15, 2020, there were 40,098,234 sharesthe offering and sale of our common stock outstanding and there were 4,205,406 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.the offered securities.

 

Common Stock

 

As of June 30, 2023, there were 9,471,932 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, held of record by approximately 71 stockholders. Subject to preferential rights with respect to any outstanding preferred stock, all outstanding shares of common stock are of the same class and have equal rights and attributes. Under the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors, and do not have cumulative voting rights. The holders of outstanding shares of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets or funds legally available for the payment of dividends of such times and in such amounts as our board of directors from time to time may determine. Our common stock is not entitled to pre-emptive rights and is not subject to conversion or redemption. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of our common stock after payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding payment of other claims of creditors. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common stock are subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.

 

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Preferred Stock

Our certificate of incorporation empowers our board of directors, without action by our shareholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series, which preferred stock may be offered by this prospectus and supplements thereto. As of June 30, 2023, there were no shares of preferred stock designated, issued or outstanding.

We will fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock of each series in the certificate of designation relating to that series. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, the form of any certificate of designation that describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock. This description will include any or all of the following, as required:

the title and stated value;
the number of shares we are offering;
the liquidation preference per share;
the purchase price;
the dividend rate, period and payment date and method of calculation for dividends;
whether dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends will accumulate;
any contractual limitations on our ability to declare, set aside or pay any dividends;
the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any;
the provisions for a sinking fund, if any;
the provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, and any restrictions on our ability to exercise those redemption and repurchase rights;
any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market;
whether the preferred stock will be convertible into our common stock, and, if applicable, the conversion price, or how it will be calculated, and the conversion period;
whether the preferred stock will be exchangeable into debt securities, and, if applicable, the exchange price, or how it will be calculated, and the exchange period;
voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;
preemptive rights, if any;
restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;
whether interests in the preferred stock will be represented by depositary shares;
a discussion of any material or special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;
the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs;
any limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs; and
any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the preferred stock.

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If we issue shares of preferred stock under this prospectus, after receipt of payment therefor, the shares will be fully paid and non-assessable.

The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the holders of preferred stock will have the right to vote separately as a class on any proposal involving fundamental changes in the rights of holders of that preferred stock. This right is in addition to any voting rights provided for in the applicable certificate of designation.

Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock. Preferred stock could be issued quickly with terms designed to delay or prevent a change in control of our Company or make removal of management more difficult. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock.

Purchase Contracts

We may issue purchase contracts, representing contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the holders, a specific or varying number of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants or any combination of the above, at a future date or dates. Alternatively, the purchase contracts may obligate us to purchase from holders, and obligate holders to sell to us, a specific or varying number of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, depositary shares, debt securities, or any combination of the above. The price of the securities and other property subject to the purchase contracts may be fixed at the time the purchase contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula set forth in the purchase contracts. The purchase contracts may be issued separately or as a part of a unit that consists of (a) a purchase contract and (b) one or more of the other securities that may be sold by us pursuant to this prospectus or any combination of the foregoing, which may secure the holders’ obligations to purchase the securities under the purchase contract. The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders or require the holders to make periodic payments to us. These payments may be unsecured or prefunded and may be paid on a current or on a deferred basis. The purchase contracts may require holders to secure their obligations under the contracts in a manner specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, forms of the purchase contracts and purchase contract agreement, if any. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any purchase contracts in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered, including, to the extent applicable, the following:

whether the purchase contracts obligate the holder or us to purchase or sell, or both purchase and sell, the securities subject to purchase under the purchase contract, and the nature and amount of each of those securities, or the method of determining those amounts;
whether the purchase contracts are to be prepaid or not;
whether the purchase contracts are to be settled by delivery, or by reference or linkage to the value, performance or level of the securities subject to purchase under the purchase contract;
any acceleration, cancellation, termination or other provisions relating to the settlement of the purchase contracts; and
whether the purchase contracts will be issued in fully registered or global form.

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Warrants

We may issue warrants to purchase our securities or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any other securities that may be sold by us pursuant to this prospectus or any combination of the foregoing and may be attached to, or separate from, such securities. To the extent warrants that we issue are to be publicly-traded, each series of such warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent.

We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, forms of the warrant and warrant agreement, if any. The prospectus supplement relating to any warrants that we may offer will contain the specific terms of the warrants and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement, if any. These terms may include the following:

the title of the warrants;
the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;
the designation, amount and terms of the securities or other rights for which the warrants are exercisable;
the designation and terms of the other securities, if any, with which the warrants are to be issued and the number of warrants issued with each other security;
the aggregate number of warrants;
any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants or the exercise price of the warrants;
the price or prices at which the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of the warrants may be purchased;
if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of the warrants will be separately transferable;
a discussion of any material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the exercise of the warrants;
the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence, and the date on which the right will expire;
the maximum or minimum number of warrants that may be exercised at any time;
information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and
any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.

Exercise of Warrants. Each warrant will entitle the holder of warrants to purchase the amount of securities or other rights, at the exercise price stated or determinable in the prospectus supplement for the warrants. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date shown in the applicable prospectus supplement, unless otherwise specified in such prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, if applicable, unexercised warrants will become void. Warrants may be exercised in the manner described in the applicable prospectus supplement. When the warrant holder makes the payment and properly completes and signs the warrant certificate at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent, if any, or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as possible, forward the securities or other rights that the warrant holder has purchased. If the warrant holder exercises less than all of the warrants represented by the warrant certificate, we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining warrants.

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Subscription Rights

We may issue rights to purchase our securities. The rights may or may not be transferable by the persons purchasing or receiving the rights. In connection with any rights offering, we may enter into a standby underwriting or other arrangement with one or more underwriters or other persons pursuant to which such underwriters or other persons would purchase any offered securities remaining unsubscribed for after such rights offering. In connection with a rights offering to holders of our capital stock a prospectus supplement will be distributed to such holders on the record date for receiving rights in the rights offering set by us.

We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, forms of the subscription rights, standby underwriting agreement or other agreements, if any. The prospectus supplement relating to any rights that we offer will include specific terms relating to the offering, including, among other matters:

the date of determining the security holders entitled to the rights distribution;
the aggregate number of rights issued and the aggregate amount of securities purchasable upon exercise of the rights;
the exercise price;
the conditions to completion of the rights offering;
the date on which the right to exercise the rights will commence and the date on which the rights will expire; and
any applicable federal income tax considerations.

Each right would entitle the holder of the rights to purchase the principal amount of securities at the exercise price set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Rights may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date for the rights provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, all unexercised rights will become void.

Holders may exercise rights as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the rights certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the rights agent, if any, or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the securities purchasable upon exercise of the rights. If less than all of the rights issued in any rights offering are exercised, we may offer any unsubscribed securities directly to persons other than stockholders, to or through agents, underwriters or dealers or through a combination of such methods, including pursuant to standby underwriting arrangements, as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Depositary Shares

General. We may offer fractional shares of preferred stock, rather than full shares of preferred stock. If we decide to offer fractional shares of our preferred stock, we will issue receipts for depositary shares. Each depositary share will represent a fraction of a share of a particular series of our preferred stock, and the applicable prospectus supplement will indicate that fraction. The shares of preferred stock represented by depositary shares will be deposited under a deposit agreement between us and a depositary that is a bank or trust company that meets certain requirements and is selected by us. The depositary will be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Each owner of a depositary share will be entitled to all of the rights and preferences of the preferred stock represented by the depositary share. The depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the deposit agreement. Depositary receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing the fractional shares of our preferred stock in accordance with the terms of the offering. We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, forms of the deposit agreement, form of certificate of designation of underlying preferred stock, form of depositary receipts and any other related agreements.

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Dividends and Other Distributions. The depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received by it in respect of the preferred stock to the record holders of depositary shares relating to such preferred shares in proportion to the numbers of depositary shares held on the relevant record date.

In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute securities or property received by it to the record holders of depositary shares in proportion to the numbers of depositary shares held on the relevant record date, unless the depositary determines that it is not feasible to make such distribution. In that case, the depositary may make the distribution by such method as it deems equitable and practicable. One such possible method is for the depositary to sell the securities or property and then distribute the net proceeds from the sale as provided in the case of a cash distribution.

Redemption of Depositary Shares. Whenever we redeem the preferred stock, the depositary will redeem a number of depositary shares representing the same number of shares of preferred stock so redeemed. If fewer than all of the depositary shares are to be redeemed, the depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot, pro rata or by any other equitable method as the depositary may determine.

Voting of Underlying Shares. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of our preferred stock of any series are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in the notice of the meeting to the record holders of the depositary shares relating to that series of preferred stock. Each record holder of the depositary shares on the record date will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights represented by the number of shares of preferred stock underlying the holder’s depositary shares. The depositary will endeavor, to the extent it is practical to do so, to vote the number of whole shares of preferred stock underlying such depositary shares in accordance with such instructions. We will agree to take all action that the depositary may deem reasonably necessary in order to enable the depositary to do so. To the extent the depositary does not receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary shares relating to such preferred shares, it will abstain from voting such shares of preferred stock.

Withdrawal of Shares. Upon surrender of depositary receipts representing any number of whole shares at the depositary’s office, unless the related depositary shares previously have been called for redemption, the holder of the depositary shares evidenced by the depositary receipts will be entitled to delivery of the number of whole shares of the related series of preferred stock and all money and other property, if any, underlying such depositary shares. However, once such an exchange is made, the preferred stock cannot thereafter be re-deposited in exchange for depositary shares. Holders of depositary shares will be entitled to receive whole shares of the related series of preferred stock on the basis set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. If the depositary receipts delivered by the holder evidence a number of depositary shares representing more than the number of whole shares of preferred stock of the related series to be withdrawn, the depositary will deliver to the holder at the same time a new depositary receipt evidencing the excess number of depositary shares.

Amendment and Termination of Depositary Agreement. The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any provision of the applicable depositary agreement may at any time be amended by agreement between us and the depositary. We may, with the consent of the depositary, amend the depositary agreement from time to time in any manner that we desire. However, if the amendment would materially and adversely alter the rights of the existing holders of depositary shares, the amendment would need to be approved by the holders of at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding.

The depositary agreement may be terminated by us or the depositary if:

all outstanding depositary shares have been redeemed; or
there has been a final distribution in respect of the shares of preferred stock of the applicable series in connection with our liquidation, dissolution or winding up and such distribution has been made to the holders of depositary receipts.

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Resignation and Removal of Depositary. The depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of its election to do so. We may remove a depositary at any time. Any resignation or removal will take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of appointment.

Charges of Depositary. We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of any depositary arrangements. We will pay all charges of each depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the preferred shares of any series, the initial issuance of the depositary shares, any redemption of such preferred shares and any withdrawals of such preferred shares by holders of depositary shares. Holders of depositary shares will be required to pay any other transfer taxes.

Notices. Each depositary will forward to the holders of the applicable depositary shares all notices, reports and communications from us which are delivered to such depositary and which we are required to furnish the holders of the preferred stock represented by such depositary shares.

Miscellaneous. The depositary agreement may contain provisions that limit our liability and the liability of the depositary to the holders of depositary shares. Both the depositary and we are also entitled to an indemnity from the holders of the depositary shares prior to bringing, or defending against, any legal proceeding. We or any depositary may rely upon written advice of counsel or accountants, or information provided by persons presenting preferred shares for deposit, holders of depositary shares or other persons believed by us to be competent and on documents believed by us or them to be genuine.

Debt Securities

As used in this prospectus, the term “debt securities” means the debentures, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness that we may issue from time to time. The debt securities will either be senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt or subordinated debt securities. We may also issue convertible debt securities. Debt securities may be issued under an indenture (which we refer to herein as an Indenture), which are contracts entered into between us and a trustee to be named therein. The Indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We may issue debt securities and incur additional indebtedness other than through the offering of debt securities pursuant to this prospectus. It is likely that convertible debt securities will not be issued under an Indenture.

The debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a secured or unsecured senior or subordinated basis by one or more guarantors, if any. The obligations of any guarantor under its guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. In the event that any series of debt securities will be subordinated to other indebtedness that we have outstanding or may incur, the terms of the subordination will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the subordinated debt securities.

We may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series, in each case with the same or various maturities, at par or at a discount. Unless indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may issue additional debt securities of a particular series without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of such series outstanding at the time of the issuance. Any such additional debt securities, together with all other outstanding debt securities of that series, will constitute a single series of debt securities under the applicable Indenture and will be equal in ranking.

Should an Indenture relate to unsecured indebtedness, in the event of a bankruptcy or other liquidation event involving a distribution of assets to satisfy our outstanding indebtedness or an event of default under a loan agreement relating to secured indebtedness of our company or its subsidiaries, the holders of such secured indebtedness, if any, would be entitled to receive payment of principal and interest prior to payments on the unsecured indebtedness issued under an Indenture.

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Each prospectus supplement will describe the terms relating to the specific series of debt securities. These terms will include some or all of the following:

the title of debt securities and whether the debt securities are senior or subordinated;
any limit on the aggregate principal amount of debt securities of such series;
the percentage of the principal amount at which the debt securities of any series will be issued;
the ability to issue additional debt securities of the same series;
the purchase price for the debt securities and the denominations of the debt securities;
the specific designation of the series of debt securities being offered;
the maturity date or dates of the debt securities and the date or dates upon which the debt securities are payable and the rate or rates at which the debt securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, which may be fixed or variable, or the method by which such rate shall be determined;
the basis for calculating interest;
the date or dates from which any interest will accrue or the method by which such date or dates will be determined;
the duration of any deferral period, including the period during which interest payment periods may be extended;
whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the debt securities may be determined with reference to any index, formula or other method, such as one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices, and the manner of determining the amount of such payments;
the dates on which we will pay interest on the debt securities and the regular record date for determining who is entitled to the interest payable on any interest payment date;
the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the debt securities will be payable, where any securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, as applicable, and notices and demands may be delivered to or upon us pursuant to the applicable Indenture;
the rate or rates of amortization of the debt securities;
any terms for the attachment to the debt securities of warrants, options or other rights to purchase or sell our securities;
if the debt securities will be secured by any collateral and, if so, a general description of the collateral and the terms and provisions of such collateral security, pledge or other agreements;
if we possess the option to do so, the periods within which and the prices at which we may redeem the debt securities, in whole or in part, pursuant to optional redemption provisions, and the other terms and conditions of any such provisions;
our obligation or discretion, if any, to redeem, repay or purchase debt securities by making periodic payments to a sinking fund or through an analogous provision or at the option of holders of the debt securities, and the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which we will redeem, repay or purchase the debt securities, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and the other terms and conditions of such obligation;
the terms and conditions, if any, regarding the option or mandatory conversion or exchange of debt securities;

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the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any debt securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part at our option and, if other than by a board resolution, the manner in which any election by us to redeem the debt securities shall be evidenced;
any restriction or condition on the transferability of the debt securities of a particular series;
the portion, or methods of determining the portion, of the principal amount of the debt securities which we must pay upon the acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities in connection with any event of default;
the currency or currencies in which the debt securities will be denominated and in which principal, any premium and any interest will or may be payable or a description of any units based on or relating to a currency or currencies in which the debt securities will be denominated;
provisions, if any, granting special rights to holders of the debt securities upon the occurrence of specified events;
any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the events of default or our covenants with respect to the applicable series of debt securities, and whether or not such events of default or covenants are consistent with those contained in the applicable Indenture;
any limitation on our ability to incur debt, redeem stock, sell our assets or other restrictions;
the application, if any, of the terms of the applicable Indenture relating to defeasance and covenant defeasance (which terms are described below) to the debt securities;
what subordination provisions will apply to the debt securities;
the terms, if any, upon which the holders may convert or exchange the debt securities into or for our securities or property;
whether we are issuing the debt securities in whole or in part in global form;
any change in the right of the trustee or the requisite holders of debt securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable because of an event of default;
the depositary for global or certificated debt securities, if any;
any material federal income tax consequences applicable to the debt securities, including any debt securities denominated and made payable, as described in the prospectus supplements, in foreign currencies, or units based on or related to foreign currencies;
any right we may have to satisfy, discharge and defease our obligations under the debt securities, or terminate or eliminate restrictive covenants or events of default in the Indentures, by depositing money or U.S. government obligations with the trustee of the Indentures;
the names of any trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or other agents with respect to the debt securities;
to whom any interest on any debt security shall be payable, if other than the person in whose name the security is registered, on the record date for such interest, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global debt security will be paid;

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if the principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities is to be payable in one or more currencies or currency units other than as stated, the currency, currencies or currency units in which it shall be paid and the periods within and terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amounts payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
the portion of the principal amount of any debt securities which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities pursuant to the applicable Indenture;
if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of any debt security of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the stated maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such debt securities as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the stated maturity or which shall be deemed to be outstanding as of any date prior to the stated maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined); and
any other specific terms of the debt securities, including any modifications to the events of default under the debt securities and any other terms which may be required by or advisable under applicable laws or regulations.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we do not anticipate the debt securities will be listed on any securities exchange. Holders of the debt securities may present registered debt securities for exchange or transfer in the manner described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as limited by the applicable Indenture, we will provide these services without charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the exchange or transfer.

Debt securities may bear interest at a fixed rate or a variable rate as specified in the prospectus supplement. In addition, if specified in the prospectus supplement, we may sell debt securities bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below the prevailing market rate, or at a discount below their stated principal amount. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement any special federal income tax considerations applicable to these discounted debt securities.

We may issue debt securities with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by referring to one or more currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other factors. Holders of such debt securities may receive a principal amount on any principal payment date, or interest payments on any interest payment date, that are greater or less than the amount of principal or interest otherwise payable on such dates, depending upon the value on such dates of applicable currency, commodity, equity index or other factors. The applicable prospectus supplement will contain information as to how we will determine the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, as well as the currencies, commodities, equity indices or other factors to which the amount payable on that date relates and certain additional tax considerations.

Units

We may issue units consisting of any combination of the other types of securities offered under this prospectus in one or more series. We may evidence each series of units by unit certificates that we may issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into unit agreements with a unit agent. Each unit agent, if any, may be a bank or trust company that we select. We will indicate the name and address of the unit agent, if any, in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of units. Specific unit agreements, if any, will contain additional important terms and provisions. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a current report that we file with the SEC, the form of unit and the form of each unit agreement, if any, relating to units offered under this prospectus.

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If we offer any units, certain terms of that series of units will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, including, without limitation, the following, as applicable

the title of the series of units;
identification and description of the separate constituent securities comprising the units;
the price or prices at which the units will be issued;
the date, if any, on and after which the constituent securities comprising the units will be separately transferable;
a discussion of certain United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the units; and
any other material terms of the units and their constituent securities.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law and Provisions of Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

Some provisions of Delaware law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could make the following transactions more difficult: an acquisition of us by means of a tender offer; an acquisition of us by means of a proxy contest or otherwise; or the removal of our incumbent officers and directors. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish or could deter transactions that stockholders may otherwise consider to be in their best interest or in our best interests, including transactions which provide for payment of a premium over the market price for our shares.

 

These provisions, summarized below, are intended to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of the increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging these proposals because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law

We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL. Section 203 generally prohibits a publicly traded corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

 prior to the date of the transaction, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
 upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding specified shares; or
 at or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3%3 % of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Section 203 defines a “business combination” to include:

 

 any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;
 any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation to or with the interested stockholder;
 subject to exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;
 subject to exceptions, any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or
 the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

 

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In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any person that is:

 

 the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation;
 an affiliate or associate of the corporation who was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the relevant date; or
 the affiliates and associates of the above.

 

Under specific circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for an “interested stockholder” to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period, although the stockholders may, by adopting an amendment to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, elect not to be governed by this section, effective 12 months after adoption.

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws do not exclude us from the restrictions of Section 203. We anticipate that the provisions of Section 203 might encourage companies interested in acquiring us to negotiate in advance with our board of directors since the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if a majority of the directors then in office approve either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder.

 

Undesignated Preferred Stock

The ability of our board of directors, without action by the stockholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences as designated by our board of directors could impede the success of any attempt to change control of us. These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of our company.

 

Stockholder Meetings

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by our chairman of the board, chief executive officer or president, or by a resolution adopted by a majority of our board of directors.

 

Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals

Our amended and restated bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals to be brought before a stockholder meeting and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors.

 

Elimination of Stockholder Action by Written Consent

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws eliminate the right of stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting.

Removal of Directors

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that no member of our board of directors may be removed from office by our stockholders except for cause and, in addition to any other vote required by law, upon the approval of not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of all of our outstanding voting stock then entitled to vote in the election of directors.

 

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Stockholders Not Entitled to Cumulative Voting

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not permit stockholders to cumulate their votes in the election of directors. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election, if they choose, other than any directors that holders of our preferred stock may be entitled to elect.

 

Choice of Forum

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws; any action to interpret, apply, enforce, or determine the validity of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or amended and bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings, and it is possible that a court could find these types of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable.

 

Amendment Provisions

The amendment of any of the above provisions to our certificate of incorporation, except for the provision making it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock, would require approval by holders of at least 50 %a majority of the total voting power of all of our outstanding voting stock. The amendment of any of the above provisions to our bylaws would require the affirmative vote of 66 2/3 % of the outstanding voting stock or our board of directors.

 

The provisions of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws could have the effect of discouraging others from attempting hostile takeovers and, as a consequence, they may also inhibit temporary fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that often result from actual or rumored hostile takeover attempts. These provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in the composition of our board and management. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions that stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

 

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Elimination of Monetary Liability for Officers and DirectorsFORMS OF SECURITIES

 

Our amendedEach security may be represented either by a certificate issued in definitive form to a particular investor or by one or more global securities representing the entire issuance of securities. Certificated securities in definitive form and restated certificateglobal securities will be issued in registered form. Definitive securities name you or your nominee as the owner of incorporation incorporates certain provisions permitted under the DGCL relatingsecurity, and in order to transfer or exchange these securities or to receive payments other than interest or other interim payments, you or your nominee must physically deliver the securities to the liabilitytrustee, registrar, paying agent or other agent, as applicable. Global securities name a depositary or its nominee as the owner of directors.the debt securities, warrants or units represented by these global securities. The provisions eliminatedepositary maintains a director’s liability for monetary damages for a breachcomputerized system that will reflect each investor’s beneficial ownership of fiduciary duty. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation also contains provisions to indemnify the directors and officers to the fullest extent permittedsecurities through an account maintained by the DGCL. We believe that these provisions will assist us in attracting and retaining qualified individual to serveinvestor with its broker/dealer, bank, trust company or other representative, as directors.we explain more fully below.

 

Exchange ListingRegistered Global Securities

 

Our common stockWe may issue the securities in the form of one or more fully registered global securities that will be deposited with a depositary or its nominee identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and registered in the name of that depositary or nominee. In those cases, one or more registered global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate principal or face amount of the securities to be represented by registered global securities. Unless and until it is listed onexchanged in whole for securities in definitive registered form, a registered global security may not be transferred except as a whole by and among the Nasdaq underdepositary for the symbol “HJLI”. Certainregistered global security, the nominees of our warrants are listed on the Nasdaq underdepositary or any successors of the symbol “HJLIW.”

Transfer Agent and Registrardepositary or those nominees.

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock and warrants is VStock Transfer, LLC. The transfer agent and registrar’s address is 18 Lafayette Pl, Woodmere, New York 11598.

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INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

Section 102specific terms of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for breaches of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of a law, authorizations of the payments of a dividend or approval of a stock repurchase or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our certificate of incorporation provides that no director will be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, subject to the same exceptions as described above. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors which may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained under Delaware law. We also expect to maintain standard insurance policies that provide coverage (1) to our directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to us with respect to indemnification payments we may make to such officers and directors.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with defense or settlement of such action or suit and no indemnification shall be madedepositary arrangement with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudgedsecurities to be liablerepresented by a registered global security will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to those securities. We anticipate that the following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements.

Ownership of beneficial interests in a registered global security will be limited to persons, called participants, that have accounts with the depositary or persons that may hold interests through participants. Upon the issuance of a registered global security, the depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants’ accounts with the respective principal or face amounts of the securities beneficially owned by the participants. Any dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of the securities will designate the accounts to be credited. Ownership of beneficial interests in a registered global security will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary, with respect to interests of participants, and on the records of participants, with respect to interests of persons holding through participants. The laws of some states may require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of these securities in definitive form. These laws may impair your ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in registered global securities.

So long as the depositary, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a registered global security, that depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the securities represented by the registered global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement.

Except as described below, owners of beneficial interests in a registered global security will not be entitled to have the securities represented by the registered global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders of the securities under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a registered global security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for that registered global security and, if that person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement. We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a registered global security desires to give or take any action that a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement, the depositary for the registered global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take that action, and the participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through them to give or take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.

Payments to holders with respect to securities represented by a registered global security registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to the corporation unless and onlydepositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the registered global security. None of the Company, the trustees, the warrant agents, the unit agents or any other agent of the Company, agent of the trustees, the warrant agents or unit agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the extentregistered global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to those beneficial ownership interests.

We expect that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of alldepositary for any of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. In addition, to the extent thatsecurities represented by a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding described above (or claim, issue, or matter therein), such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding may be advanced by the corporationregistered global security, upon receipt of an undertakingany payment of principal, premium, interest or other payment or distribution to holders of that registered global security, will immediately credit participants’ accounts in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in that registered global security as shown on the records of the depositary. We also expect that payments by such personparticipants to repay such amount if itowners of beneficial interests in a registered global security held through participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is ultimately determined that such personnow the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of those participants.

If the depositary for any of these securities represented by a registered global security is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act is not entitled to indemnificationappointed by us within 90 days, we will issue securities in definitive form in exchange for the registered global security that had been held by the corporation under Section 145 ofdepositary. Any securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a registered global security will be registered in the General Corporation Law ofname or names that the State of Delaware. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we will,depositary gives to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she (or his or her testators or intestate) is or was our director or officer or serves or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trustrelevant trustee, warrant agent, unit agent or other enterprise in a similar capacityrelevant agent of ours or as an employee or agent at our request, including servicetheirs. It is expected that the depositary’s instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by us, against expenses (including attorneys’), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paidownership of beneficial interests in settlement incurred in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend, or defense of such action, suit, proceeding, or claim. However, we are not required to indemnify or advance expenses in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim, or counterclaim initiated by us or on behalf of us. Our amended and restated bylaws providesregistered global security that we will indemnify and hold harmless each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request in a similar capacity of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (whether the basis of such action, suit, or proceeding is an action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director of officer) to the fullest extent authorizedhad been held by the Delaware General Corporation Law against all expense, liability and loss (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and this indemnification continues after such person has ceased to be an officer or director and inures to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators. The indemnification rights also include the right generally to be advanced expenses, subject to any undertaking required under Delaware General Corporation Law, and the right generally to recover expenses to enforce an indemnification claim or to defend specified suits with respect to advances of indemnification expenses.depositary.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities offered by this prospectus werewill be passed upon for us by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.LLP, New York, New York. If legal matters in connection with offerings made by this prospectus are passed on by counsel for the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, that counsel will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements of Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.enVVeno Medical Corporation and subsidiaries as of and for the years ended December 31, 20192022 and 2018,2021 have been incorporated by reference in this prospectus, have been audited bythe registration statement in reliance upon the report of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report, thereon (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to substantial doubt about the ability of Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the financial statements), and are included in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditingaccounting and accounting.auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarter and periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission using the Commission’s EDGAR system. The Commission maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The address of such site is http//www.sec.gov.

 

We have filed a registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of the shares. The registration statement contains information which is not included in this prospectus. You may inspect or copy the registration statement at the Commission’s public reference facilities or its website.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized any person to provide you with any information that is different.

INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

We are “incorporating by reference” in this prospectus certain documents we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information in the documents incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. Statements contained in documents that we file with the SEC and that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus will automatically update and supersede information contained in this prospectus, including information in previously filed documents or reports that have been incorporated by reference in this prospectus, to the extent the new information differs from or is inconsistent with the old information. We have filed or may file the following documents with the SEC and they are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of filing.

 

1.Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC on March 18, 2020;
2.Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 as filed with the SEC on June 8, 2020;
3.Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 as filed with the SEC on August 14, 2020;
4.Our Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 3, 2020, April 3, 2020, April 10, 2020. April 20, 2020, May 15, 2020, June 3, 2020, June 15, 2020, July 21, 2020 and September 16, 2020; and
5.Our definitive proxy statement Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on August 19, 2020.

1. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2023;

2. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 28, 2023; and

3. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on July 31, 2023.

 

All documents that we filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all securities offered under this prospectus have been sold, or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated in this registration statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus, modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this prospectus. None of the information that we disclose under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K or any corresponding information, either furnished under Item 9.01 or included as an exhibit therein, that we may from time to time furnish to the SEC will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this prospectus, except as otherwise expressly set forth in the relevant document. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated by reference.

 

You may requests, orally or in writing, a copy of these documents, which will be provided to you at no cost (other than exhibits, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporate by reference), by contacting Chief Financial Officer,the Company at Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.,enVVeno Medical Corporation, at 70 Doppler, Irvine, California 92618, or byattention: Corporate Secretary. Our telephone atnumber is (949) 261-2900. Information about us is also available at our website at www.hancockjaffe.comhttps://envveno.com/. However, the information in our website is not a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference.

 

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You should rely only on the information contained in this document. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this document may only be accurate on the date of this document.

Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known may also impair our business operations. The risks and uncertainties described in this document and other risks and uncertainties which we may face in the future will have a greater impact on those who purchase our common stock. These purchasers will purchase our common stock at the market price or at a privately negotiated price and will run the risk of losing their entire investment.

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17,081,250 Shares of Common Stock

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The Company is paying all expenses of the offering. No portion of theseThe following table sets forth all expenses willto be bornepaid by the selling security holder. The selling security holder, however, will pay any other expenses incurred in selling its common stock, including any brokerage commissions or costs of sale. Following is an itemized statement of all expenses in connection with this registration statement.registrant. All of the amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC Registration Fees.registration fee.

 

SEC registration fee $791.52  $8,265 
Printing  * 
Legal fees and expenses $40,000  $35,000 
Accounting fees and expenses $5,000  $30,000 
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses  * 
Warrant Agent Fees and Expenses  * 
Miscellaneous  * 
Total $45,791.52  $73,265 

* These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the estimated amount of expenses of any offering of securities.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 102145 of the General Corporation LawDGCL inter alia, empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Statecorporation) by reason of Delawarethe fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such persons against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any such threatened, pending or completed action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the stockholders or disinterested directors or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145. We maintain policies insuring our officers and directors against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to eliminateinclude in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors of a corporationdirector to the corporation or its stockholdersshareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, exceptprovided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for breachesany breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of a law, authorizations(iii) under Section 174 of the paymentsDGCL (relating to unlawful payment of a dividenddividends and unlawful stock purchase or approval of a stock repurchaseredemption) or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or(iv) for any transactionstransaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our certificate

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Article 10 of incorporation provides that no director will be liablethe bylaws of the Company contains provisions which are designed to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breachprovide mandatory indemnification of fiduciary duties as a director, subject to the same exceptions as described above. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors which may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained under Delaware law. We also expect to maintain standard insurance policies that provide coverage (1) to our directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to us with respect to indemnification payments we may make to such officers and directors.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposedCompany to the best interests of the corporation,full extent permitted by law, as now in effect or later amended. The bylaws further provide that, if and in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with defense or settlement of such action or suit and no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent thatrequired by the CourtDGCL, an advance payment of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitledexpenses to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. In addition, to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding described above (or claim, issue, or matter therein), such person shallCompany that is entitled to indemnification will only be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding may be advanced bymade upon delivery to the corporation upon receiptCompany of an undertaking, by such personor on behalf of the director or officer, to repay such amountall amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such persondirector is not entitled to indemnification by the corporation under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she (or his or her testators or intestate) is or was our director or officer or serves or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in a similar capacity or as an employee or agent at our request, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by us, against expenses (including attorneys’), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend, or defense of such action, suit, proceeding, or claim. However, we are not required to indemnify or advance expenses in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim, or counterclaim initiated by us or on behalf of us. Our amended and restated bylaws provides that we will indemnify and hold harmless each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request in a similar capacity of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (whether the basis of such action, suit, or proceeding is an action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director of officer) to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law against all expense, liability and loss (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and this indemnification continues after such person has ceased to be an officer or director and inures to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators. The indemnification rights also include the right generally to be advanced expenses, subject to any undertaking required under Delaware General Corporation Law, and the right generally to recover expenses to enforce an indemnification claim or to defend specified suits with respect to advances of indemnification expenses..indemnification.

Item 16. Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.

The agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.

The undersigned registrant acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.

 

Exhibit  
Number Description of Document
1.1Form of Underwriting Agreement**
4.1Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock**
4.2Form of Stock Purchase Contract**
4.3Form of Warrant Agreement and Form of Warrant Certificate**
4.4Form of Subscription Rights Agreement and Form Subscription Rights Certificate**
4.5Form of Indenture^
4.6Form of Note**
4.7Form of Debt Securities**
5.1 Legal Opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP*LLP^
12.1Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges**
23.1 Consent of Marcum LLP*
23.2 Consent of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (contained(included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)5.1)^
24.1 Power of Attorney (previously included(included in Part II of this Registration Statement)^
25.1Statement of Eligibility of trustee on Form T-1**+
107Calculation of Filing Fee Table^
   
*Filed herewith.
^Previously filed.
**If applicable, to be filed by an amendment or as an exhibit to a report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference
+To be filed pursuant to Rule 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(a) The undersigned registrantRegistrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided , however , that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(2)(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(3)(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(B)(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by sectionSection 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; ordate.

 

(ii) If

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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant is subjectunder the Securities Act of 1933 to Rule 430C, eachany purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering other thanmade by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A,statement shall be deemed to be part of and included in thea new registration statement asrelating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is partsubscription period, to set forth the results of the registration statement orsubscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference intoon terms differing from those set forth on the registration statement or prospectus that is partcover page of the registration statementprospectus, a post-effective amendment will asbe filed to a purchaser with a timeset forth the terms of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.offering.

 

(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(e) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statementRegistration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on this 514th day of October, 2020.August, 2023.

 

Date: October 5, 2020HANCOCK JAFFE LABORATORIES, INC.ENVVENO MEDICAL CORPORATION
  
 By:/s/ Robert Berman
  Robert Berman
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
By:/s/ Craig Glynn
Craig Glynn
Interim Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financing and Accounting Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature Title Date
   

/s/ Robert A. Berman

Robert A Berman

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

and Director

August 14, 2023
Robert A. Berman(Principal Executive Officer)

 October 5, 2020
   

/s/ Craig Glynn

Craig Glynn

 

Chief Financial Officer

and Treasurer

August 14, 2023
Craig Glynn(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 October 5, 2020
   

*

Dr. Francis Duhay

 Chairman of the Board of DirectorsDirector October 5, 2020August 14, 2023
Dr. Francis Duhay
   

*

Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava

 Director October 5, 2020August 14, 2023
Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava
   

*

Matthew Jenusaitis

 Director October 5, 2020August 14, 2023
Matthew M. Jenusaitis
   

*

Robert Gray

 Director October 5, 2020August 14, 2023
Robert C. Gray

 

* By:/s/ Robert A. Berman 
Name:

Robert A. Berman

 
 Attorney-in-FactAttorney-in-fact 

  

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